LREM

LREM key count element
Available since:
Redis Open Source 1.0.0
Time complexity:
O(N+M) where N is the length of the list and M is the number of elements removed.
ACL categories:
@write, @list, @slow,
Compatibility:
Redis Software and Redis Cloud compatibility

Removes the first count occurrences of elements equal to element from the list stored at key. The count argument influences the operation in the following ways:

  • count > 0: Remove elements equal to element moving from head to tail.
  • count < 0: Remove elements equal to element moving from tail to head.
  • count = 0: Remove all elements equal to element.

For example, LREM list -2 "hello" will remove the last two occurrences of "hello" in the list stored at key.

Note that non-existing keys are treated like empty lists, so when key does not exist, the command will always return 0.

Required arguments

key

The name of the key that holds the list.

count

The number of matching elements to remove and the direction: a positive value removes from the head, a negative value from the tail, and 0 removes all matches.

element

The value to remove.

Examples

RPUSH mylist "hello" RPUSH mylist "hello" RPUSH mylist "foo" RPUSH mylist "hello" LREM mylist -2 "hello" LRANGE mylist 0 -1

Redis Software and Redis Cloud compatibility

Redis
Software
Redis
Cloud
Notes
✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active
✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active

Return information

Integer reply: the number of removed elements.
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